Holder for calendar-pads.



J. C. STEVENS.

HOLDER FOB-CALENDAR PADS.

APPLICATION rum) MABJO, 1913.

1,092,871, V Patented'Aplfl 14, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. DIG.

JOHN C. STEVENS, 0F MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR CALENDAR-PADS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN C. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holders for Calendar-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for calendar pads.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, strong and stable pad holder which is so constructed that it may be stamped out of sheet material, said holder comprising a base and a back hinged together to permit the same to be collapsed. Said base constitutes a support for the leaves of said pad in a substantially horizontal position while said back is adapted to support said leaves in substantially a vertical position. The base of said holder is extended beneath and beyond the back thereof and constitutes a support for the holder when the pad or the leaves comprising the same have been trans- V ferred from their position on said base to their position against said back, in order to prevent said holder from being upset by the shifting of the weight of said pad. By providing such a support it will be possible to construct a holder of exceptionally thin and light material as the weight will not be necessary to counterbalance the same thus materially cheapening the cost of manufacture.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a holder embodying my invention with a pad shown in connection therewith, and broken away to save space. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section similar to Fig. 1 with the back turned under the base in its collapsed position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base with its extension shown therewith. Fig. 4: is a rear elevation of the device as illustrated in- Fig. 1, and broken away to save space.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a calendar pad holder comprising a base'6 preferably construoted of thin sheet metal forming a support for the leaves constituting the pad of the calendar, said calendar being of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 10, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14:, 1914. Serial No. 753,153.

usual design and well known to those skilled n the art. The base 6 is arranged to support the calendar in substantially a horizontal position or at a slight angle relatively to the surface upon which said holder is sup ported, said base being bent downwardly at an angle to the body portion of said base to form a flange 7 Said bent portion is further provided with integrally formed cylindrical members 8 coiled from material which position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, to a hori-.

zontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 2, said latter posltlon illustrating the collapsed condltion of said holder.

The back 9 is locked in its upright position relatively to the base 6 by tongues 11 which are preferably formed integral with the base 6 by punching the material constituting said tongues from the material constituting said base, leaving slots 12 therein. The tongues are preferably bent downwardly beneath the base 6, then upwardly to engage the leaves of the pad and again said tongues are bent substantially at right angles and into engagement with the back 9.

At the upper extremities of the tongues 11 are formed recesses 13 which engage projections 13 011 the back 9. The normal posi tion of the calendar pad on said holder is as indicated in Fig. 1 at A but as the leaves of said pad are used, or day by day as said leaves are transferred one at a time from said horizontal position into the position A against the back 9 they will be held in such relation in said back by the tongues 11. As the end of the year approaches the bulk of the pad will be in a vertical position and it will be obvious that with a very light holder, such as it is possible to construct of sheet material, that there would be a strong tendency for the holder to upset. To prevent this the flange 7 is provided with an extension 14: which extends between the cylindrical members 8 which constitute pivots for said back to a substantial distance there beyond and this extension is slightly rounded at 15 to engage the supporting surface.

The back 9 is cut away or recessed at 16 to permit the same to be swung by said extension 14: in moving the same from the position illustrated in Fig. l to that illustrated in Fig. 2.

By constructing the holder of sheet metal and after the manner hereinbefore described the cost of the same will be greatly reduced as the metal used may be exceedingly thin, no dependence being placed upon the weight of the base thereof to counterbalance the weight of the calendar pad when transferred to its vertical position against the back 9.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

A holder for a calendar pad having, in

combination, a base formed of sheet material adapted to support said pad, one end of said base being bent at an angle to the body portion thereof to form a flange, portions of said flange at opposite ends thereof being bent to form pivots, sald flange also extending between said pivots to a substantial distance therebeyond and constituting a sup-V port for said base, a back formed from sheet material and bent to form eyes adapted to pivot-ally engage the pivots formed on said base, said back also adapted to support said JOHN G. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. Goonme, v SYDNEY E. TAFT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

